Dust Bowl: American Stories
17 weeks on the charts!
Top #10 for 11 weeks in the Americana/Folk Album Sales Chart, spending several weeks at #5
#1 on the Heatseekers Chart
#12 on the Country Album Sales Chart
The critics are raving
Take a trip back in time to the American Great Plains of the 1930s, when a decade long drought ravaged the environment and displaced millions. Hardy, tough folks braved the endless dust storms - "black rollers" that scooped up millions of tons of topsoil and dropped it a thousand miles away. Hear the beating heart of history as told by master songwriter.
~ NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE
“…songs that have the lyrics and music as potent as Woody Guthrie, as intense as John Trudell and dusted with the trials and tribulations of Tom Joad – Steinbeck and ‘The Grapes of Wrath’.”
The players
Bill Wittman
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Peter Janson
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Tim Lorsch
Grant Maloy Smith
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Rocio Marron
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Tommy Mandel
Cathy Clasper-Torch
Matthew Burgess
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Troy Klontz
Jeff Taylor
Mike Johnson
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Wouter Kellerman
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George Correia
Rob Ickes
Katie Perkins
Ken Thomas
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Steve Stokes
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Dorie Pride
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Lorenza Ponce
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Skoota Warner
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Jessica Zeltzer
Some of the best players and singers in the world, like Grammy® winner Rob Ickes (dobro), Grammy® winner Jeff Taylor (accordion), AMC award winner Mike Johnson (pedal steel), Grammy® winner Wouter Kellerman (flute), Grammy® winner Bill Wittman (bass, Cyndi Lauper), Tommy Mandel (B3, Brian Adams), Lorenza Ponce (violin, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks), as well as Indie Music Hall of fame inductee and two-time Grammy® certificate winner Grant Maloy Smith.
Hear The songs
Use the player below to hear samples from all of the songs on the album. Below that is a place you can order your own signed copies of the CD, which includes a 20 page booklet.
Order the CD and booklet
Please order your own signed copy of DUST BOWL - AMERICAN STORIES. Each CD comes in a gatefold package with a 20 page booklet inside with the lyrics, liner notes, pictures and more. Grant will dedicate the CD to the name of your choice.
THE BOOKLET
Each CD includes a 20-page booklet with pictures, credits, lyrics, and liner notes. Here's what it looks like.
CLICK THE LEFT OR RIGHT ARROWS ON THE SIDES OF EACH PAGE TO GO FORWARD/BACKWARD.
